غزل
English title: GHAZAL
ملے گا منزل مقصود کا اسي کو سراغاندھيري شب ميں ہے چيتے کي آنکھ جس کا چراغ
That man alone in lire shall find to aim and end a certain sign: Whose eyes in pitch dark night can see, and like the eyes of panther shine.
ميسر آتي ہے فرصت فقط غلاموں کونہيں ہے بندہ حر کے ليے جہاں ميں فراغ
The slaves can get repose and rest in world confined by Time and Space: But men of high and noble birth haven't leisure in worldly race.
فروغ مغربياں خيرہ کر رہا ہے تجھے'تري نظر کا نگہباں ہو صاحب 'مازاغ
The progress great that West has made, has bedazzled your eyes a deal. May Prophet (S.A.W.) guard your precious sight; to vouch him God did Najm reveal!
وہ بزم عيش ہے مہمان يک نفس دو نفسچمک رہے ہيں مثال ستارہ جس کے اياغ
These revels do not last for long, like guests they stay for a breath or so: The bowls of wine that glint like stars, are soon deprived of gloss and glow.
کيا ہے تجھ کو کتابوں نے کور ذوق اتناصبا سے بھي نہ ملا تجھ کو بوئے گل کا سراغ
The books have marred your taste and zest to such a great and vast extent that breeze of morn has also failed to give you clue of rose and scent.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — غزل — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Zarb-e-Kalim — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Akbar Ali ShahSource